I dream of big snowstorms as an excuse to stay home. In 2009/2010 when we had the three snowmageddon storms in the DC area I had to miss 2-3 days of work for each storm. Technically I "worked" from home....but that really just meant that I played around out in the snow. We don't have a snowblower so shoveling my 200ft+ driveway of 30" of snow on a steep hill by hand was a 2-3 day task as it was anyway.
Some people at work bragged about how they got in with their monstrous trucks, but it was impossible for me to drive in my WRX, the snow was up to the hood of the car...no amount of snow tires can solve that.
But guess what, I studied hard, got an engineering degree where I am paid on salary and give plenty more "free time" to the company than I get back. If anybody has any problems with me staying home a couple days a year because I live far away and don't want to deal with the weather then tough shit - eat a dick.
I was in DC for the Blizzard of '96. It was a fun one.
We were having a going away party on a Friday night for a guy who had been with our government office for 40 years (and he was not fully retiring, he was going into consulting). Anyway, big wigs including Captains, Admirals, and other civilian leaders flew in from ALL OVER for his party, which was held at a hotel across the street from work (coincidentally, where my wedding reception was, and also coincidentally, 1 mile from my apartment).
It started snowing on Friday night, and did not stop.
Most of the people who flew in got stuck. For days.
Over a 10 day period, the government was closed for 9 of them (one day was a Federal holiday, but the rest? Snow.) We had back to back snowstorms.
I had two friends from two different offices (one mine, one at the Pentagon) decide to go into work on a "closed day".
The Pentagon guy took the metro, but then the rails froze over and it shut down.
The coworker guy drove his Cavalier, but his car stopped running and the wipers stopped working.
They BOTH called me asking if they could come hang at my place. I said sure. It was a tiny studio, and a mess, and in full view of the Pentagon. They both made it home eventually later that day.
But man, it got old eventually. I ventured out to go to a stamp show for my step-dad. But weather was so bad even Pentagon City Mall (a block from my apartment) was closed most of the time. I couldn't even go to a movie.
http://wjla.com/weather/blizzard-of-1996-anniversary-crippling-d-c-snow-17674